MASSOLIT provides high-quality videos presented by academics which aim to provide something for students who want to push themselves and to engage with interesting ideas and critical discussions. Video cover a range of topic areas across the following subjects:
Artstor provides a complete image resource in a wide array of subjects with the breadth and depth to add context beyond the confines of your discipline. With approximately 300 collections composed of over 2.5 million images (and growing), scholars can examine wide-ranging material such as Native American art from the Smithsonian, treasures from the Louvre, and panoramic, 360-degree views of the Hagia Sophia in a single, easy-to-use resource. Artstor also supports study across disciplines, including anthropology from Harvard’s Peabody Museum, archaeology from Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Art Archives, and modern history from Magnum Photos, making it a resource for your whole institution.
Use email: jcs010@jcsonlineresources.org and password: Hypothesis to access
Currently available until 29th May 2020
Open Book Publishers are the leading independent Open Access publisher in the Humanities and Social Sciences in the UK: a not-for-profit Social Enterprise run by scholars who are committed to making high-quality research freely available to readers around the world. Their site currently offers 173 EBooks that cover a broad range of subjects.
Despite its title, JSTOR Secondary Schools Collections is a specially created package of over 2,700 archival journals and four primary source collections covering the arts, sciences, and business that contains a range of content that will be useful for Barton Peveril students.
Username: jcs010
Password: Hypothesis
Currently available until 20th May 2020.
The Internet Archive is making the 1.4 million books in its lending library available for free worldwide as digital books via Open Library!
All you need to do is set up an account and you can access up to 10 books online at a time and read them on devices.
Whether you need textbooks, classic literature, genre fiction or just a good read, it’s worth a look.You can also create and share reading lists, browse by genre and share what you’re reading on social media.
Advertising, Arts, Criminology, Drama and Theatre Studies, English, Film, History, Law, Mathematics, Medicine, Music, Philosophy, Photography, Politics, Religious Studies, Science, Sociology, Sport
A large number of universities and other academic institutions are making eBooks and digital journals and articles freely accessible via Project Muse. At present, there are 15000 + books and 230 + journals available, with more being added regularly These resources cover a great variety of subjects and topics. Visit the Project Muse website via the link below for links to all participating institutions.
Access is available until 30th June 2020 – please be aware of this.
ProQuest EBooks are now available for unlimited borrowing – meaning you will no longer have to wait to borrow an EBook.
Proquest Ebook Central is home to titles from the JISC eBooks for FE project, which aims to give sixth form students free online access to important books for their studies. Titles available cover a wide range of subjects and are presented in a full colour, easy to navigate online reader.
We are currently unsure of how long we have extended access to this resource for – please be aware of this.
The college has signed up for a ClickView subscription which provides access to a huge range of TV shows, movies and video content for students and staff to use.
It gives access to TV shows that have been on TV in the past couple of weeks but it does also allow you to request TV shows and movies too. Providing ClickView can access them, they will make it available and send you a link to access it. Just as an example, you can (at the time of writing) watch this morning’s episode of Newsround from CBBC, watch all episodes of Frozen Planet, or the 2020 Sonic the Hedgehog film.
You can log in with your college Google account at this link – https://online.clickview.co.uk
University of Michigan Publishers has made their digital and ebook collection free and accessible to all. It specialises in humanities and social sciences but covers many other academic disciplines. Resources focus on subjects including:
This is currently available until 30th June 2020.
Exact Editions are currently providing access to the following magazines
Click on the “Library Card” option and use card number 049816
We are currently unsure of how long we have access to this resource for – please be aware of this.